The following list is accurate as of a late November press date. A condensed version will be published in SLM's January 2018 issue.

Editor's Note: In this month's edition, Barrister's closed unexpectedly, Garden on Grand closed somewhat unexpectedly, ditto for PM BBQ (we'll miss the Brisket Burger Bomb and the Sweet Corn Spoonbread). Restaurant openings this month were a mixed bag o' nuts: among them Rob Connoley's first St. Louis restaurant, Squatter's Cafe, a must visit; a new African restaurant, Ye Ethiopian; and a country music mecca, Game 6 Honky Tonk Joint. Then there's a St. Louis-based eat-it-or-bake-it cookie dough shop, Dough Co.; a seafood restaurant, Seafood by Crushed Velvet, in a city that has too few of them; and Parlor, a combination of games, cocktails, and a Byrd & Barrel-inspired, permanently-installed on-site food truck.